Dana White's Contender Series, formerly named Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series, is an American mixed martial arts promotion. In May 2017, the UFC announced White would hold the competition weekly on UFC Fight Pass (It has since been moved to ESPN+).[1] As with the earlier web series Looking for a Fight, the goal of the series is for White to scout talent for the UFC.[2][3] Similar to The Ultimate Fighter none of the fighters involved will have existing UFC contracts. Licensed separately from the UFC with Dana White applying for a promoter's license, it was stated ahead of the license being approved that “this is not the UFC, this is not the UFC brand, but instead a promotion that will allow up and coming fighters the chance to showcase their talents in hopes that one day they may compete in the UFC."[4]
The inaugural event took place on July 11, 2017. All events have been held at the UFC's home base of Las Vegas.[5][6]
List of seasons
| Name | Start Date | End Date | # of Contracts | # of Events | Venue | Location |
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| Season 7 (57-66) | August 8, 2023 | October 10, 2023 | 46 | 10 | UFC Apex Centre | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| Season 6 (47-56) | July 26, 2022 | September 27, 2022 | 43 | 10 | ||
| Season 5 (37-46) | August 31, 2021 | November 2, 2021 | 39 | 10 | ||
| Season 4 (27-36) | August 4, 2020 | November 17, 2020 | 37 | 10 | ||
| Season 3 (17-26) | June 18, 2019 | August 27, 2019 | 30 | 10 | ||
| Season Brazil | August 24, 2018 | September 7, 2018 | 11 | 3 | UFC Training Centre | |
| Season 2 (9-16) | June 12, 2018 | August 7, 2018 | 23 | 8 | ||
| Season 1 (1-8) | July 11, 2017 | August 29, 2017 | 16 | 8 |
List of contract winners
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| Season 7 (2023) |
César Almeida Tom Nolan Caio Machado Payton Talbott Kevin Borjas |
Abdul-Kerim Al-Selwady Ibo Aslan Hyder Amil Eduarda Moura Charalampos Grigoriou |
Zachary Reese Oban Elliot Luis Pajuelo |
Carlos Prates Thomas Petersen Bolaji Oki |
Brendson Ribeiro Serhiy Sidey Dylan Budka Jean Silva Dione Barbosa |
James Llontop Jhonata Diniz Steven Nguyen Julia Polastri Jean Matsumoto |
Shamil Gaziev Stephanie Luciano Kaynan Kruschewsky Igor da Silva |
Danny Barlow Danny Silva Angel Pacheco Ernesta Kareckaite Carli Judice Vinicius Oliveira |
Rodolfo Bellato Victor Hugo Silva Magommed Gadzhiyasulov José Daniel Medina Mauricio Ruffy |
Ramon Taveras André Lima Connor Matthews MarQuel Mederos Lucas Rocha |
| Season 6 (2022) |
Joe Pyfer | Chris Duncan Vinicius Salvador Shannon Ross Francis Marshall Waldo Cortes-Acosta Billy Goff |
Jamal Pogues Erik Silva Clayton Carpenter |
Esteban Ribovics Claudio Ribeiro Jose Johnson Hailey Cowan Nazim Sadykhov |
Michael Parkin Darrius Flowers Jesús Santos Aguilar Cameron Saaiman Denise Gomes |
Yusaku Kinoshita Sedriques Dumas Mateusz Rębecki Viktoriya Dudakova Blake Bilder |
Vitor Petrino Gabriel Bonfim Karl Williams Ismael Bonfim |
Farid Basharat Ikram Aliskerov Trevor Peek Bruna Brasil Daniel Marcos |
Brunno Ferreira Raúl Rosas Jr. Austen Lane Nurullo Aliev Jafel Filho |
Bo Nickal Sam Patterson Jack Jenkins Rafael Ramos Estevam Mateus Mendonça |
| Season 5 (2021) |
Azamat Murzakanov Joanderson Brito Victor Altamirano Carlos Candelario AJ Fletcher |
Josh Quinlan Chidi Njokuani Saimon Oliveira C.J. Vergara Chad Anheliger |
Jailton Almeida Albert Duraev Łukasz Brzeski Jack Della Maddalena Jasmine Jasudavicius |
AJ Dobson Michael Morales Kleydson Rodrigues Victor Martinez |
Ihor Potieria Daniel Zellhuber |
Mike Malott Carlos Hernandez Fernie Garcia Genaro Valdéz |
Martin Buday Jake Hadley Slava Borshchev |
Armen Petrosyan Caio Borralho Piera Rodríguez Jonny Parsons |
Gadzhi Omargadzhiev Cristian Quiñonez Javid Basharat Karine Silva Manuel Torres |
Maheshate Yohan Lainesse |
| Season 4 (2020) |
Dustin Jacoby Uroš Medić Jordan Leavitt |
Dustin Stoltzfus Adrian Yanez Cory McKenna T.J. Laramie Impa Kasanganay |
Louis Cosce Cheyanne Vlismas Orion Cosce Josh Parisian |
Jamie Pickett Rafael Alves Jeff Molina Collin Huckbody |
Jimmy Flick Ronnie Lawrence William Knight |
Phil Hawes Drako Rodriguez Tafon Nchukwi Aliaskhab Khizriev |
Jordan Williams Collin Anglin Danyelle Wolf |
Carlos Ulberg Ignacio Bahamondes Luis Saldaña Jared Vanderaa |
Natan Levy Nikolas Motta Luana Pinheiro |
JP Buys Gloria de Paula Tucker Lutz Victoria Leonardo |
| Season 3 (2019) |
Punahele Soriano Yorgan de Castro |
Miles Johns Miguel Baeza |
Joe Solecki Antonio Trocoli Hunter Azure Maki Pitolo Jonathan Pearce |
Antônio Arroyo Ode' Osbourne Don'Tale Mayes Brendan Allen |
Sean Woodson Jamahal Hill Billy Quarantillo |
Aleksa Camur Aalon Cruz Tracy Cortez Rodrigo Nascimento |
Omar Morales Herbert Burns André Muniz |
Brok Weaver Sarah Alpar Tony Gravely |
Philip Rowe | Duško Todorović Peter Barrett T.J. Brown |
| Season Brazil (2018) |
Rogério Bontorin Mayra Bueno Silva Sarah Frota Augusto Sakai |
Taila Santos Johnny Walker Marina Rodriguez |
Raulian Paiva Vinicius Moreira Luana Carolina Thiago Moisés |
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| Season 2 (2018) |
Alonzo Menifield Greg Hardy |
Matt Sayles Anthony Hernandez Ryan Spann Dwight Grant |
Antonina Shevchenko Te'Jovan Edwards |
Bevon Lewis Jordan Espinosa |
Maycee Barber Domingo Pilarte Edmen Shahbazyan |
Jimmy Crute Sodiq Yusuff Jeff Hughes |
Roosevelt Roberts Ian Heinisch Jordan Griffin Juan Adams |
Devonte Smith Kennedy Nzechukwu Bobby Moffett |
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| Season 1 (2017) |
Kurt Holobaugh Boston Salmon |
Sean O'Malley | Karl Roberson Geoff Neal |
Julian Marquez Brandon Davis |
Mike Rodríguez Alex Perez |
Charles Byrd Grant Dawson |
Benito Lopez Joby Sanchez |
Matt Frevola Lauren Mueller Allen Crowder |
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References
- ^ ESPN. "Dana White's Contender Series: How to watch and stream, plus full analysis". ESPN.
- ^ Staff (2017-05-12). "Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series Launches on Fight Pass". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- ^ Staff (2017-05-13). "'Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series' debuts July 11 on UFC Fight Pass with 5 live fights a week". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^ "Dana White receives promoter's license for new contender series separate from UFC - FOX Sports". 14 June 2017.
- ^ Staff (2017-05-12). "5-fight lineup revealed for 'Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series' premiere". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- ^ Thomas Gerbasi (2017-06-22). "Tuesday Night Contender Series to premiere July 11". ufc.com. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
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